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New records of brisingidan asteroids (Asteroidea: Brisingida) in eastern Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2014

Katie S.P. Gale ,
Christopher Mah ,
Jean-François Hamel  and
Annie Mercier
Katie S.P. Gale*
Affiliation:
Department of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University, St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada A1C 5S7
Christopher Mah
Affiliation:
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC 163, Washington, DC, USA 20013-7012
Jean-François Hamel
Affiliation:
Society for the Exploration and Valuing of the Environment, Portugal Cove-St Philips, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada A1M 2B7
Annie Mercier
Affiliation:
Department of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University, St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada A1C 5S7
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: K.S.P. Gale, C/O Mercier Laboratory, Department of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University, St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaA1C 5S7 email: kgale@mun.ca
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Abstract

We report new geographical and bathymetric occurrence information for several species of brisingidan asteroids (Asteroidea: Brisingida) in eastern Canada. We recorded Brisinga costata, Freyella microspina and Novodinia americana in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), extending the geographical ranges of these species northward. Brisinga costata and F. microspina occur up to 350 m shallower in NL than elsewhere in their published ranges, while N. americana occurs 567 m deeper. We also confirm the presence of Freyella elegans, a possibly cosmopolitan species found throughout the North Atlantic but not previously reported in Canadian waters.

Keywords

Brisinga costataFreyella elegansFreyella microspinaNovodinia americanaNewfoundland and LabradorNova ScotiabathyalEchinodermatasea star

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e125
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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